Closest Book Meme

The rules are:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next four sentences on your blog, along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest!


Here it is, from the Tyndale Bible Dictionary:
(wierd, i opened it up to page 123)

"The three centuries from about 1200 to 900 BC were marked by movements of different peoples such as the Greeks, Philistines, Arameans, and Hebrews."

Under pressure of people migrating from Europe, the Hittite Empire, which formerly had given political stability to Asia Minor and protected the trade routes, crumbled rapily. By 1200 BC it fell to attacks by the Sea Peoples form the Greek mainland. During the tenth entury BC, Assyria began to make a slow recovery. In the reign of Adad-nirari II (911-891 BC), Assyria again launched upon a period fo conspicuous economic and military expansion.